Microsoft confirms: Vista SP1 not until March

Microsoft may have soothed the angst of the service pack hungry masses by releasing Vista SP1 to manufacturing, but users won’t be able to actually download it until mid-March at the earliest, company officials said Monday. During beta testing for Vista SP1, Microsoft found that some device drivers were causing problems on systems with SP1 installed. Although the issues can be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, Microsoft decided this would be too complicated for most users. As a result, Microsoft will spend the next month hunting for additional problematic device drivers, said David Zipkin, senior product manager in Windows Client Group.”With drivers, we wanted to make sure when folks upgrade to Vista that they have a smooth experience,” Zipkin said.In mid-March, Microsoft plans to release Vista SP1 in 5 languages — English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese — through Windows Update and the Download Center, Zipkin said, adding that Microsoft will ensure that SP1 isn’t pushed out to PCs that have the aforementioned drivers installed. In April, Microsoft will begin auto updates of Vista SP1 to users who’ve chosen this option, and will also release the rest of the language specific versions of Vista SP1, Zipkin said. Microsoft has handed off the final Vista SP1 bits to its OEM partners, and if testing goes well, they’ll soon begin building new PCs based on Vista SP1 images. Microsoft has also begun pressing Vista SP1 DVDs for its retail and volume licensing customers.From rlslog.net, thanks Almo.

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?"calculating time remaining..."i'd love to see the back of that, i've copied backed up files from a cd and have vista tell me "time remaing: 33 hours"

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?lol, apparently some people have had it say 'X weeks remaining' when they were copying something fairly trivial

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:D weeks? that's crazy!*adds one more reason to the list ''why vista sucks'' * :P

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haha I lol'd at that.. "Weeks?" :D

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?vista couldn't suck more, relatively to xp.

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lol, so there arent any good things about it at all?

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?Not really, I only like the theme that's all.

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It looks all high-tech, but there arent any good features what so ever, anyone agree?

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?it IS high tech, but it acts like it isn't.

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Yeah I know, but I like the wallpapers and designs too. Thats all

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?I got many problems with Vista, but the idea is nice and wayyyy beter than the crappy looking xp (log onto a computer after having vista for a year, it scared the hell outta me, everything in vista got another place. for instant they added an 'users' in all maps looking like this C:/users/(username)/******* )Anyway they are out of the denial phase, they admit there is something wrong with vista( looks like AA meetings work at M$)

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?Haha yeah. The theme is pretty cool I reckon though.

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?"Never fixs what is not broken"in computer, i tend to stay that way.....

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?install a new aplication - allow this application to run? yes. installation will now commence. ok... Windows needs your permission to continue... YES... allow aplication to run after installation... fine by me. Windows needs your permission to con/--------- OK! I BLOODY GET IT!it's not so much the nature of the question, asking you as if it's a complete idiot, but the fact that it keeps asking you. i mean, windows isn't a slave - it still gets viruses without my permission

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?Vistas more like a browsing, business compter, Xp is where the real gaming is, and downloads way faster ;D I just recently bought a new computer and switched ti to xp on purpose, I love xp :)

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?I like the Dreamscene feature for Ultimate. You can have a video clip loop for your background instead of a still picture.I hate the fact that Windows explorer fails though, hopefully there will be a fix soon.In the near future I will install XP again for a dual boot. I like Vista so I'll keep it. ;)

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?You can use video background in XP and non-ultimate Vista. http://www.thinktechno.com/2007/11/07/how-to-enable-dreamscene-video-wallpaper-in-windows-xp-and-non-ultimate-vista/ It tells you how to do it.

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?Confirmed that it wont be out untill at least march.

Re: Windows Vista SP1 to appear today?Is that so? Did rlslog.net get the release date wrong or what?